MF 459 REELS 1-2:

(Please note that box and folder numbers do not appear on the microfilm version.)

1/1: Manuscript by Alex Bernstein, "Die Juden im Kreise Hoexter (Westf.) und benachbarten Bezirken - In den letzten circa 200 Jahren". Part 1: alphabetical list of Jews in Hoexter; part 2: Verzeichnis der Maedchennamen der Ehefrauen und der Namen ihrer Ehemaenner; part 3: list of places, including a map of Hoexter county. Manuscript written between 1929-1937, typescript, 80 + 36 + 131 pages, and handwritten original

1/2: Alphabetical list of Jews in Hoexter/Westphalia, with some genealogical information

1/3: History of the Eichengruen family by Gustav Eichengruen, "Die Eichen(l)gruens zugleich ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der westfaelischen Juden"; published in Hanover, n.d., 23 pages

(1/4 - 1/15: Notebooks regarding cemeteries in various communities and containing lists of names, marriages, births, and deaths)

1/4: Notebook: Various communities/Westphalia

1/5: Notebook: Hoexter

1/6: Notebook: Hoexter and other communities in Westphalia

1/7: Notebook: List of names

1/8: Notebook: Hoexter

1/9: Notebook: Various communities, Westphalia (?)

1/10: Notebook: Hoexter

1/11: Notebook: Various communities, Westphalia (?)

1/12: Notebook: Brakel in Westphalia

1/13: Notebook: Holzminden jewish cemetary

1/14: Notebook: Hoexter jewish cemetary

1/15: Notebook: List of names

1/16: Alex Bernsteins US passports from 1923 and 1925/1926

The materials in this collection document the Jewish communities in Westphalia and in particular the town of Hoexter. It contains a manuscript written by Alex Bernstein called "Die Juden im Kreise Hoexter (Westf.) und benachbarten Bezirken - In den letzten circa 200 Jahren", which includes a list of Jews in Hoexter as well as a map of Hoexter county. Folders 4-15 contain handwritten notebooks with information regarding cemeteries in various communities and lists of names, marriages, births, and deaths. A 23 page history of the Eichengruen family written by Gustav Eichengruen is included, called "Die Eichen(l)gruens zugleich ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der westfaelischen Juden"

This collection contains materials written and/or collected by Alex Bernstein. Most is focused on the Jewish communities in Westphalia and in particular the town of Hoexter. Genealogical information is featured throughout, including a history of the Eichengruen family

Alex Bernstein was born in 1862 in Hoexter. He became an American citizen and lived in Chicago. He died in 1941 in San Diego

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